STAAR Review: Area- 3.6 C

Felicia started placing square tiles inside a rectangle, as shown in the diagram. Each square tile has a side length of 1 cm.

What is the area of the rectangle in square centimeters?

• 10 square centimeters

• 24 square centimeters

• 28 square centimeters

• 30 square centimeters

Joseph counted the square tiles on the ceiling of his rectangular closet. The area of each tile is 1 square foot. The ceiling has 5 rows of tiles with 4 tiles in each row.

What is the area of the ceiling of Joseph’s closet in square feet?

• 20 square feet

• 10 square feet

• 18 square feet

• 9 square feet

A model of a rectangular bulletin board is shown. The top row has been divided into squares of equal size.

What is the area in square units represented by this model?

• 8 square units

• 15 square units

• 12 square units

• 16 square units

Donte counted the square tiles on a rectangular floor at his school. Each tile had an area of 1 square foot. On the floor there were 9 rows of tiles and 36 tiles in each row.

What is the area of the floor in square feet?

• 360 square feet

• 45 square feet

• 324 square feet

• 90 square feet

Which of these rectangles has an area of 36 square centimeters?

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Maria put cloth squares together to make a blanket. The blanket is modeled by this rectangle.

What is the area of the blanket in square feet?

• 17 square feet

• 34 square feet

• 72 square feet

• 63 square feet